Improved refrigerator



`ing'drawings and UNITED .STATES PATENT FFICE.

FRANOISW. HUNT, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

IMPROVED REFRIGERATO R.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N0. 103,336, dated May 24, 1870.

To all whom 'it may concern.'

Be it known that I, FRANCIS W. HUNT, of the'city of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Mode of Constructing Refrigerators; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being lhad to the accompanyto the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in constructing a refrigerator in the form of a cylinder, or other desirable form, with revolving adjustable shelves. l y

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

I construct my refrigerator in the form of a cylinder, orh in any other desirable form, of galvanized iron or other suitable material, with an inner lining, leaving a space between the outside and inside sheet of'iron, made airtight, with an icechamber in the top of the cylinder.

The letter Ain Figure 1 of the'accompanying drawings shows the opening to the icechamber in the top of the cylinder. j I make a partition in the ice-chamber, separating a portion of the space from the icedepartment for a water-cooler.

Letter B in Fig. l shows the opening to the Water-cooler.

The bottom-of the ice-chamberis convex in shape on tho under side, with covered openvings therein, with flanges on the sides of the `openings to preventthe waste-water from running down into the chamber below. Section of the bottom of the ice-chamber is shown in Figs. l and 2, with covered openings therein, marked O.

The ice-chamber and water-cooler are made separate from the other parts of the refrigerator, and are made to it into the top ofthe cylinder by means of a flange on the top of A tube, as shown in Fig. 1 at letter H, is

attached to the bottom of the'icechamber, and passes down through the bottom of the refrigerator, by means of which the wastewater` from the ice-chamber is discharged.

Revolving adjustable shelves are placed in the provision-chamber, as shown atV point-s D Y in Fig. l, through which the tube H passes, and the shelves may be raised or lowered by means of a thumb-screw placed underneath them and attached to the tube, as shown at points G, in Fig. 1, or the shelves may be adjusted by making them to run on a thread upon said tube.

Letter E in Fig. 1 shows the provisionchamber underneath the ice-chamber.

Section of the tight air chamber or space is shown at point F, in Fig. 2.

Letter I in Fig. l shows the door to the provision-chamber.

Letters A and B in Fig. 2 show the covers to the ice-chamber and water-cooler.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is y l. A refrigerator provided with adjustable revolving shelves, substantially as herein described.

2. The combination of the ice-chamber, provided with the covered openings G, tube H, adjustable revolving shelves D,

described, for the purpose specied.

FRANCIS w. HUNT.

Witnesses WM. WESTON, J. B. RoGERs.

and water- A cooler, all constructed and arranged as herein 

